Muraenoidei
Muraenoidei is a suborder of mainly marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. The eels in this suborder are distributed in the tropical and temperate seas around the world.
Families
The Muraenoidei contains the following nine families:- Infraorder Muraenales
- *Family Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912
- *Family Myrocongridae Gill, 1890
- *Family Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1815
- **Subfamily Uropterygiinae Fowler, 1925
- **Subfamily Muraeninae Rafinesque, 1815
- Infraorder Congrales
- *Family Colocongridae Smith, 1976
- *Family Derichthyidae Gill, 1884
- *Family Ophichthidae Günther, 1870
- **Subfamily Myrophinae Kaup, 1856
- **Subfamily Ophichthinae Günther, 1870
- *Family Muraenesocidae Kaup, 1859
- *Family Nettastomatidae Kaup, 1859
- *Family Congridae Kaup, 1856
- **Subfamily Congrinae Kaup, 1856
- **Subfamily Bathymyrinae Böhlke, 1949
- **Subfamily Heterocongrinae Günther, 1870